Relevant JIRA issue: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-615 (which in summary is about as confused as I am :))
On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 12:09 PM Johannes Rudolph <[email protected]> wrote: > > Echoing PJ's relevant response at > https://github.com/apache/incubator-pekko-http/pull/14 > > > In practice, ASF projects don't collect CLAs from every user who submits a > > PR. There is no magic criterion for what makes a PR significant enough to > > require one but the PR changes 70 files, even if the changes are not very > > large. > > It's hard to gather relevant information here. As stated above the > Apache site linked prominently on the Apache website says that a CLA > is required for any kind of contribution in very clear language: > > > All contributors of ideas, code, or documentation to any Apache projects > > must complete, sign, and submit via email an Individual Contributor License > > Agreement (ICLA). > > On the other hand Roy Fielding himself said this in > https://lists.apache.org/thread/0mytpqj7too29bj90yz65rggdv7gd35d: > > > Again, there is no such requirement for commits/pushes at Apache. > > The person responsible for moving the bits into our repository > > is responsible for verifying that they have the right to do so > > before the push is made. The authors do not need to have a CLA > > on file even if the contribution is massive -- CLAs are only > > required for the people who want an account at Apache and thus > > are allowed to make the decision to push those bits into our > > repository. > > Which says almost exactly the opposite, in fact, that no non-committer > contribution ever needs a CLA. Is that thinking outdated by now? > > Searching through the Flink and Kafka Github repos it seems that the > topic has almost never come up in a PR (low single digit number of > total occurrences, though you cannot trust Github search). Where it > came up, mostly when complete modules where contributed. > > I tend to get the impression that we should *not* require a CLA in > general from external contributors but (in spirit of what Roy Fielding > wrote) we might want to add a section to the PR template that makes it > clear that a contribution was done under the terms of the APL2. > > Johannes --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
